Caption title

Place of publication and name of printer from colophon

At head of caption titles on all regular issues and supplements: Première année. [followed by issue no.] 1791

Edited by Mozard and then by Huard le jeune from no. 62 (Jul. 3, 1791)

Imprint varies from no. 9 (January 29, 1791) as: Au Port-au-Prince : chez Mozard, imprimeur du Roi & du Conseil supérieur

Bissainthe gives title as: "Gazette officielle de Saint-Domingue" and cites this series as a possible continuation of the "Gazette de Saint-Domingue", founded in 1764, and suppressed in 1764, reappearing under the title "Avis divers et petites affiches americaines", or more commonly known as "Affiches americaines", no. 1 issued either in February 1764 (Martin & Walter) or 1766 (Bissainthe)

Regular and supplement issues numbered consecutively; p. 933 misnumbered 633

Includes death notices, lost animals, slaves and maroon information, political notices, to sell and to let notices, and arrivals and departures of citizens to and from the island

Some issues printed on blue paper

Martin & Walter. Révolution française. Journaux

Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne. Journaux

Supplements, no. 1 (January 1, 1791) - no. 65 [i.e. 55] (November 19, 1791) accompany some issues

Supplements no. 60 (October 12, 1791) - 65 (November 19, 1791) misnumbered 50-55

John Carter Brown Library copy has nearly complete run bound into 2 volume with spine title: Gazette de St Domingue. Issues no. 69 (August 27, 1791) bound as 71st item of 106 and supplement no. 54 (November 3, 1791) bound as 79th item of 106 in 2nd volume of 4 volume set with binder's title: Revolutions de St Domingue (E789 T653m 1-SIZE)

John Carter Brown Library copy has prospectus for the Gazette de St. Domingue bound before issue no. 1 with title and imprint: Gazette de St. Domingue, politique, civile, économique et littéraire / rédigée au Port-au-Prince, par M. Mozard, de la Société royale des sciences & arts du Cap-François, et autres coopérateurs. Au Port-au-Prince : de l'Imprimerie de Mozard, 1790

John Carter Brown Library copy has 1 leaf bound before issue no. 14 (February 16, 1791), consisting of a statement from the compositors and printers hired by M. Mozard beginning: "Nous soussignés, compositeurs & imprimeurs, travaillant chez M. Mozard, jurons & attendons que depuis le 1er janvier qu'a paru la Gazette de Saint-Domningue ..., with imprint: Au Port-au-Prince : Chez Mozard, imprimeur du Roi, and dated: Au Port-au-Prince, le 16 février 1791

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: some issues very closely cropped at foredge and foot with some slight loss of text; some leaves slightly multilated with some loss of text; wanting issue no. 74 (September ??, 1791)

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews